Consulate

Jana Štefánková was appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Seychelles in the Czech Republic by the President of Seychelles James Alix Michel in July 2016 and promoted to Honorary Consul General by the President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan in June 2024. Before assuming her consular duties, she had worked for several years as an executive employee of the Consulate, being in charge of the entire consular administration, assisting in resolving consular cases for Czech and Seychelles citizens and participating in significant international events.

Jana Štefánková was born in Havlíčkův Brod. In 1994, she left the Czech Republic to study English language at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, where she spent a year before relocating to the Seychelles islands. There she collaborated with the organising committee of the Miss World contest which was held in Seychelles in 1997 and 1998. Simultaneously she began working for the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Seychelles and travelled around the world for several years.

In 1999, she returned to the Czech Republic for a short time, where she won a demanding audition to host a successful TV talk show. She acquired working skills in front of the camera and the art of communication with others. During her stays abroad, she enhanced her knowledge of languages. She then utilised all these talents and abilities as a presenter of important social events and press conferences.

She obtained her engineering degree in 2009, when she successfully completed her studies at the Hotel University in Prague. At the same time, she founded the now highly respected company Bling-Bling s.r.o., into which she contributed her many years of experience in the media, social and diplomatic spheres, supported by the knowledge gained during her current 30 years of active work in the Indian Ocean region, especially in the Seychelles.